cybernetics

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Cybernetics is the study of how systems—whether machines, animals, or organizations—use feedback to control and regulate themselves. It matters because understanding these self-regulating mechanisms helps us design better automated systems and understand how living things adapt to their environments.

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Vinony's link graph records 1,229 inbound references to cybernetics, and connects out to complex system, W. Ross Ashby and artificial neural network.

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Research

9,188 papers

Cybernetics as a conversation with the Cosmos.Progress in biophysics and molecular biology · 2022Torday JSDOI: 10.1016/j.pbiomolbio.2022.04.007
Biohacking.ReviewTrends in biotechnology · 2018Yetisen AKDOI: 10.1016/j.tibtech.2018.02.011
Cybernetics and consciousness.ReviewPrzeglad lekarski · 1999Trabka J
The Quest for Cognition in Purposive Action: From Cybernetics to Quantum Computing.ReviewJournal of integrative neuroscience · 2023Morasso PDOI: 10.31083/j.jin2202039
CYBERNETICS.Canadian Medical Association journal · 1953
Cybernetics.The British journal of physiological optics · 1962MARTON HB
Cybernetics.South African medical journal = Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir geneeskunde · 1953MUNDY-CASTLE AC
Cybernetics.Recent progress in psychiatry · 1950ASHBY WR

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Commons category: Cybernetics
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thumb|Principle diagram of a cybernetic system with a feedback loop

Cybernetics is the transdisciplinary study of circular causal processes such as feedback and recursion, where the effects of a system's actions (its outputs) return as inputs to that system, influencing subsequent actions. It is concerned with general principles that are relevant across multiple contexts, including engineering, ecological, economic, biological, cognitive and social systems and also in practical activities such as designing, learning, and managing. Cybernetics' transdisciplinary character means that it intersects with a number of other fields, resulting in a wide influence and diverse interpretations.

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